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To: ILCUL8R who wrote (47751)	9/28/2002 3:28:15 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Without getting into the Lewis issue, I'd say that the Wahhabis in SA are more like the US Christian right fundamentalists, they provide some populist cover for the rich guys who really run things. Well, maybe the KKK analogy isn't that far off, for a certain time in history in the US.

To: ILCUL8R who wrote (47751)	9/28/2002 7:03:03 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Wahhabism is like if the KKK got all the oil wealth of Texas and with this money began to promulgate its version of religion throughout the Christian world. Good analogy by Lewis! The left here keeps trying to compare them to the "Religious Right," which is nonsense, of course. But the KKK is much closer to what they are. I saw some old footage last week of the KKK in a mass march in DC in the late '20s. Scary! You realize how recent the KKK threat is when you realize that Senator Byrd was a major factor the KKK.